What do I get paid when my songs, albums, EPs or singles sell from the iTunes store(s) I chose?
SPECIAL NOTE: iTunes provides weekly Trending Reports that show unofficial sales trends every Wednesday for the previous Monday-Sunday. To learn more, please click here. When an individual song or album/EP/single or music video sells from an iTunes store, you get a fixed “pay rate,” the same pay rate for all independent record labels. (Click for more information about the Fixed Pay Rate for music Permanent Download model). Remember, only iTunes can set the sale price, but no matter what they sell that song or album/EP/single or music video for, you always get the current pay rate. Even if iTunes wants to have a discount, say, offering its customers your content for a penny each, you still get the full pay rate every time it sells.
When an individual song or album/EP/single or music video sells from an iTunes store, you get a fixed “pay rate,” the same pay rate for all independent record labels. (for information about the Fixed Pay Rate for music Permanent Download model, check the relative question). Remember, only iTunes can set the sale price, but no matter what they sell that song or album/EP/single or music video for, you always get the current pay rate. Even if iTunes wants to have a discount, say, offering its customers your content for a penny each, you still get the full pay rate every time it sells. Albums, EPs, singles and individual songs sell differently, so the pay rate is different: How much is the pay rate for music? Deal With Music takes none of the money from the sale of your music. You get it all (unless you have chosen the Split Deal Account). For the iTunes U.S. store, you receive $0.70 per song sold individually and $7.00 per album with 11 or more songs sold in its entirety. You are paid the
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